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Quebec elementary school teacher reassigned from class over hijab due to Bill 21

MONTREAL — An elementary school teacher in western Quebec has been reassigned from her classroom because her hijab contravenes the province's law forbidding teachers from wearing religious symbols.

Dec 9, 2021 5:04 PM Read more >

Rapid tests advised by Ontario experts in COVID fight, Quebec sending them for kids

TORONTO — Rapid COVID-19 tests can help stop transmission and could be valuable tools in workplaces and schools, Ontario experts said Thursday, while Quebec announced test kits for kids amid calls for their expanded use.

Dec 9, 2021 4:37 PM Read more >

Alberta First Nations say coal company misrepresenting relationships to review group

Two Alberta First Nations say a coal company hoping to develop a mine in the province's Rocky Mountains isn't being forthcoming with a federal agency about its relationship with their communities.

Dec 9, 2021 4:27 PM Read more >

Erin O'Toole says Bill 21 is a Quebec issue while some of his MPs take tougher stand

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says a Quebec law prohibiting some public servants from wearing religious symbols on the job is an issue to be dealt with by that province alone. Some of his MPs, however, appear to be taking a tougher stand.

Dec 9, 2021 4:12 PM Read more >

X-Ring effect: Unusual graduation rite linked to COVID-19 outbreak at N.S. university

HALIFAX — An unusual graduation ceremony steeped in tradition is at the centre of a growing COVID-19 outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University in northern Nova Scotia.

Dec 9, 2021 4:10 PM Read more >

16-year-old arrested after teacher stabbed in Montreal high school classroom

MONTREAL — A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday after allegedly stabbing a teacher in a Montreal high school classroom. Montreal police said the incident occurred at about 10 a.m. at John F.

Dec 9, 2021 4:06 PM Read more >

Federal privacy watchdog warns of growing dangers of 'surveillance capitalism'

OTTAWA — The federal privacy watchdog is warning Canadians about the growing threat of surveillance capitalism — the use of personal information by large corporations.

Dec 9, 2021 4:02 PM Read more >

Auditor criticizes pandemic border measure enforcement, other COVID-19 responses

OTTAWA — The auditor general has found Canada failed to adequately enforce border measures designed to keep international travellers from importing cases of COVID-19 into the country, just as the government reintroduces several stringent rules in res

Dec 9, 2021 3:54 PM Read more >

N.W.T. releases plan on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories has released a draft plan on how to respond to calls for justice in the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The 150-page draft lists 95 items the N.W.T.

Dec 9, 2021 3:22 PM Read more >

Biden opens Summit for Democracy: 'We stand at an inflection point in our history'

WASHINGTON — The free world stands at a historic "inflection point," its values and ideals under existential threat both at home and abroad, President Joe Biden said Thursday as he tried to rally world leaders and citizens alike to the cause of gover